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Province in Mimaropa, Philippines
Occidental Mindoro
Province
Province of Occidental Mindoro
(from top: left to right) Iglit-Baco National Park, Sablayan, Landscape in San Jose, Dayap Bridge in Santa Cruz, Mindoro Mountains in Rizal and Devils Mountain in San Jose.
Diana Apigo-Tayag (Democratic Party of the Philippines)
• Representative
Leody F. Tarriela (Democratic Party of the Philippines)
• Legislature
Occidental Mindoro Provincial Board
Area
[1]
• Total
5,865.71 km2 (2,264.76 sq mi)
• Rank
11th out of 81
Highest elevation
(Mount Baco)
2,488 m (8,163 ft)
Population
(2020 census)[2]
• Total
525,354
• Rank
58th out of 81
• Density
90/km2 (230/sq mi)
• Rank
71st out of 81
Divisions
• Independent cities
0
• Component cities
0
• Municipalities
11
Abra de Ilog
Calintaan
Looc
Lubang
Magsaysay
Mamburao
Paluan
Rizal
Sablayan
San Jose
Santa Cruz
• Barangays
164
• Districts
Legislative district of Occidental Mindoro
Time zone
UTC+8 (PHT)
ZIP Code
5100–5111
IDD: area code
+63 (0)43
ISO 3166 code
PH-MDC
Spoken languages
Tagalog
Mangyan
English
Website
occidentalmindoro.gov.ph
Occidental Mindoro (Tagalog: Kanlurang Mindoro), officially the Province of Occidental Mindoro (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Kanlurang Mindoro), is a province in the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The province occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro. Its capital is Mamburao, but the largest municipality is San Jose occupying almost half of the entire province. As of 2020, Occidental Mindoro has 525,354 inhabitants.
The province is bordered on the east by the province of Oriental Mindoro, and on the south by the Mindoro Strait. The South China Sea is to the west of the province and Palawan is located to the southwest, across the Mindoro Strait. Batangas is to the north, separated by the Verde Island Passage, a protected marine area and the center of the world's marine biodiversity.
^"List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
^Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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